Plow-hitch.



S. BUYER.

PLOW HITCH.

APPLIOATION IILED SEPT. 22, 1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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SOLOMON BOYER, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

PLOW-HITCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed September 22, 1908. Serial No. 454,174.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON Bornn, citizen of the United States,residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlow-Hitches, of which. the following is a specification.

In the practical use of gang plows considerable difficulty isencountered in obtaining sufficient space in the ordinary hitch so thatfour horses can walk in a straight line and exert a direct pull withoutbeing crowded.

The object of the present invention has been to overcome this difiicultyby the provision of a novel hitch which provides a broader hitchingspace and gives suflicient room for the horses to walk in a straightline without crowding, all side draft upon the plow being at the sametime eliminated.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the-result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the plow hitch, showing the same appliedto the forward end of the gang plow. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thesame. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the clevis.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

F or the purpose of illustration, the invention is shown as applied to agang plow which is formed with the two spaced and longitudinallydisposed plow beams 1, the draft being applied to the forward ends ofthese beams. A pair of cross bars 2 connect the forward extremities ofthe beams 1, the said cross bars bein secured to the top and bot tom,respective y, of the beams and projecting laterally upon one side of thesame, as indicated at 2*. The extremity of the laterally projecting ends2 of the transverse bars 2 are connected to the adjacent plow beam 1 bymeans of the diagonal brace members 3. A clip 4 is secured to the end 2*of the transverse bar and attached to this clip is an adjustable clevis6.

A whiflletree 7 is pivoted upon a bar 7 which is adjustably connected tothe clevis and may be raised or lowered, as desired, by

inserting the bolt 5 of the clevis through any selected one of theopenings therein. In the present instance, a double-tree 8 is connectedto each end of the whiffletree and each of the doubletrees carries apair of swingletrees 9. A rod 9 is connected to the forward end of thebar 7 and a similar rod 10 is connected to the opposite end of thetransverse bar 2 to that having the clip 4 applied thereto. A hook 11 isloosely connected to the extremity of the rod 9 and is designed toengage any selected link of a chain 12 connected to the rod 10. In thismanner all side draft is prevented and the plows are caused to followthe draft animals in a straight line without swinging to one side. Suchaconstruction has the advantage of enabling the line of draft to bethrown outside of the space between the plow beams, and the horses arethereby given ample room so that they can walk in a straight linewithout being crowded.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Thecombination of a plow formed with a pair of plow beams, a transverse barconnecting the plow beams and projecting laterally upon one sidethereof, a brace connecting the laterally projecting end of thetransverse bar to the adjacent plow beam, a clevis carried by thelaterally projecting end of the transverse bar, a bar adjustably securedto the clevis, a whiffletree connected to the bar, and means for adjustably connecting the bar to the opposite end of the transverse bar tothat carrying the clevis.

2. The combination of a plow formed with a pair of plow beams, atransverse bar con necting the plow beams and projecting laterally uponone side thereof, a brace connecting the laterally projecting end of thetransverse bar to the adjacent plow beam, a clevis carried by thelaterally projecting end of the transverse bar, a bar adjustablyconnected to the clevis, a whiflletree carried by the bar, a rodconnected to the bar, a second rod connected to the opposite end of thetransverse bar to that carrying the clevis, and means for adjustablyconnecting the two rods.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SOLOMON BOYER.

W'itnesses OHAs. WAnNsrnDEn, OTTO G. GErss.

